
Archaic II
Limestone plinth with the remains of a group of Herakles and the Hydra
Statue base with the remains of the scene of Herakles and Iolaos fighting the Lernaean Hydra. Overall: 4 3/8 × 9 3/8 × 25 in. (11.1 × 23.8 × 63.5 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Motif
- Human figure
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 510 - 490 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Collection
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XXVII.92, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 309, p. 234, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2744, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Hermary 2013, no. 309
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